Background
Brookings, Robert Somers was born on January 22, 1850 in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. Son of Doctor Richard and Mary (Carter) Brookings.
merchant and manufacturer philanthropist
Brookings, Robert Somers was born on January 22, 1850 in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. Son of Doctor Richard and Mary (Carter) Brookings.
Educated West Nottingham Academy, Cecil Company. Honorary Master of Arts, Yale, 1899. Doctor of Laws, University of Missouri, 1902, Harvard, 1920.
Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Washington University, 1929.
Admitted to partnership, Cupples Company, Saint Louis, 1872. Retired from business, 1896. Remainder of life was devoted to philanthropy.
Vice-president Saint Louis Union Trust Company.
President Saint Louis Choral Symphony Society, 1882-1897. President Mercantile Library, Saint Louis.
President corporation Washington University, Saint Louis, 1897-1928. Erected and equipped, 1913-1914, all the buildings of the reorganized Medical School of Washington University.
Trustee, Carnegie Institution, Washington, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Regent Smithsonian Institution. Founder and Chairman of the Board Brookings Institution, Washington. Was member War Industries Board and chairman Price Fixing Committee, also commissioner of Finished Products, and member Purchasing Commission during World War.
Member Capital and Labor Commission appointed by the President, 1919.
Member Capital and Labor Commission appointed by the President, 1919.
Married Isabel Valle January, June 19, 1927.